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   > is where feudalism meets Weimar Germany.   
   >   
   > The US is nowhere near hyperinflation. But DoorDash culture points to   
   > the psychological pre-conditions of a world that can quickly turn very   
   > inflationary. Spending money because saving it is pointless is a self-   
   > fulfilling prophecy. But Weimar was more than wheelbarrows of devalued   
   > money: it was an era drenched in a deep cynicism and foreboding, and   
   > nihilism (financial or otherwise) was rampant.   
   >   
   > This brings us to the sudden strangeness of the moment. Underneath the   
   > glittering digital panacea of food delivery apps and instant friction-   
   > less tap-to-pay everything, and despite the familiar signposts of   
   > American life, lies an economic system now operating under very   
   > different premises.   
   >   
   > ANALYSIS   
      
   Thank you for posting that.   
   A real significant hunk of ideas. Some of it hurts.   
   I have many opinions, maybe later will expand.   
   >   
      
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